Summary of the previous chapter: Jiang Batian started a crazy money-making mode, and Ma Xiaoquan was already aware of it...
Just when Jiang Batian was undecided, someone suddenly mentioned Uncle Jiang.
Jiang Batian hummed and asked curiously: "It's true, why haven't I seen my third uncle recently? Have any of you seen him?"
Most of the clan members shook their heads. Only a middle-aged man said slowly: "Batian, someone seemed to have seen Uncle San going to Ma San's place two days ago."
"Went to Masan's place? What were you doing?"
The middle-aged man rolled his eyes and shook his head: "I don't know either. I've heard about it too. Otherwise, Ba Tian, please investigate."
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a young man stood up: "Jiang Houhou, you have been idle all day long, and you are not on good terms with Third Uncle. I'm afraid you want to read Third Uncle's book again, right?"
The middle-aged man said unhappily: "What are you talking about? Even if I am at odds with Third Uncle again, I will not ruin Third Uncle's reputation at this critical moment, right? Batian, I said it anyway, if you believe it, then
Send someone to investigate. If you don’t believe me, just pretend I didn’t tell you.”
"Okay, okay" Jiang Batian waved his hand impatiently, "Stop saying a few words. Since the monkey said it, let's check it out. Jiang Long, I think you can go. Well, you can stay here later."
Next, I have something else to ask you."
The young man who just spoke nodded: "Yes"
Jiang Batian breathed out: "As for when we will leave, well, I think it's better to wait a little longer."
"yes"
...
At night, in the study of the steward's residence.
Ma Xiaoquan held his chin with his right hand and tapped the table rhythmically with his left hand, making a clicking sound.
There was a middle-aged man standing in front of him. The man looked a little nervous, but judging from his eyes, he seemed to be very excited. It turned out that... the man's eyes were staring at the table tightly.
There are ten large silver ingots stacked on the table, each weighing ten taels. Under the candlelight, the silver light shines, which is very beautiful.
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and glanced at the middle-aged man, then gently fiddled with one of the silver ingots with his fingers, and murmured: "Jiang Houhou, you have done a pretty good job in this matter, as I promised you.
, I can give you all these ten pieces of official silver...but...this is very heavy, how do you take it? What if you are discovered? I think this way, you will take this
Why don't you put the official silver here with me, and I'll keep it for you, and when you want it, you can come and get it, okay?"
The middle-aged man lowered his head, with a sly light flashing in his eyes: "Sir, thank you for your kindness. I think it's better for me to hold it myself. It's heavy enough to carry, and it won't crush anyone."
Ma Xiaoquan sneered, spread his hands and said: "Okay, then slow down and don't make any noise. By the way, you said that Jiang Batian wanted to escape, so he was amassing money like crazy. Then why did you tell this?
What about me? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll tell Jiang Batian?”
"Haha, your Excellency won't do that... Your Excellency, you don't know. Most of the money Jiang Batian makes is only given to his direct expenses. We, the nobles, can only take care of food and clothing and a little pocket money."
None... Besides, Jiang Batian also stole my concubine before..."
"Oh? No, you are cousins. Why, he still steals your woman? Come on, let me tell you..." Ma Xiaoquan became interested in gossip.
"Hey, it's nothing actually. The main reason is that I acted too late, otherwise the concubine would have been mine..." Jiang Hou seemed unwilling to mention the past.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, stood up, walked to Jiang Hou, and patted his shoulder: "Okay, you go back, don't be too late, or Jiang Batian won't find out."
"Yes, the little one is resigning."
"Um"
...
After Jiang Hou left, Hua Yue flashed out from behind the screen.
"Ma Xiaoquan, can this guy named Jiang Hou be trusted?"
Ma Xiaoquan said with a smile: "The nine sons of Longsheng each have their own interests. This Jiang Hou is about the same age as Jiang Batian, but he is idle and spends all his time either playing with birds or gambling. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. The most important thing is that he has something to do with me."
In hand..."
"Handle? What handle?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "I asked Fang Yun to set up a trap, trick Jiang Hou into jumping in, and let the old boy owe a lot of money... Jiang Hou was forced to have no choice, so he came to me.
Of course, these are just some tips given by Fang Yun, huh."
Hua Yue groaned and suddenly realized: "No wonder... I just said..."
"Yue'er, I'm sorry for not telling you in advance. It was really urgent and I came up with such a trick. Actually, I didn't have much hope. After all, Jiang Houhou and Jiang Batian are cousins. Who would have expected...
..hehe......"
Hua Yue smiled and shook his head: "Didn't you just say that? Each of the nine sons of Longsheng has his own interests, not to mention Jiang Houhou and Jiang Batian are cousins? But... you gave it to him all at once
So much official silver, can’t it be official silver?”
"Well, you don't have to worry about that. Of course it's not official silver. It's all banknotes that I tried to get from Huang Tianhu... Huang Tianhu hasn't been here for the past two days. I've already found out that he is
He sent his money to Wei Zhongxian."
"Piao'er Yin?" Hua Yue was stunned, then smiled and said, "Ma Xiaoquan, you are so insidious. That Piao'er Yin was secretly made by Huang Tianhu by melting the broken pieces of silver. Can you get it?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Huang Tianhu's power is indeed great, but he has many people, so naturally he has mixed feelings. If he wants to get some money, he just wants to clear some connections and spend more money."
Hua Yue said: "Clear the relationship? Are you talking about Cui Jing?"
"Well, exactly"
Hua Yue's beautiful eyes narrowed: "Ma Xiaoquan, tell the truth, are you and that Cui Jing..."
Ma Xiaoquan said helplessly: "What are you talking about? I only met Cui Jing a few times, and every time I was in a hurry. Even if I, Ma Xiaoquan, couldn't do it, I couldn't be in such a short time, right? Besides, we really didn't
What happened?"
Hua Yue blushed and said angrily: "Who said...who said it's a matter of time? What are you thinking about?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Okay, okay, don't think too much, and don't think too much..."
...
Jiang Hou held ten large silver ingots in his arms and poked his head out of the side door of the steward's mansion. He looked around to make sure that no one was there, then he felt relieved and slipped out of the side door.
Little did Jiang Hou know that in a corner not far from him, a young man was staring at him closely.
Due to the lack of moonlight at night and the angle, the young man could see Jiang Monkey, but Jiang Monkey could not see the young man.
...
When Jiang Hou returned home, he carefully took out the ten large silver ingots in his arms and placed them one by one on the table.
Jiang Houhou's wife was shocked when she saw so much money, and she quickly whispered: "Damn it, why did you get so much money just after you went out, and they were all big silver ingots?"
Jiang Hou covered his wife's mouth and said calmly: "Keep your voice down, wife, this silver ingot cannot be seen by anyone. Let's find a chance tomorrow to go to the city and melt whatever we lose."
Before leaving, exchange these silver coins for banknotes."
"Hmm, okay, but where did this money come from? Did you steal it?"
Jiang Hou lied: "Of course not, it was Batian who secretly gave it to me. Keep your voice down. Batian has ordered that no one can say anything about this, especially you. You must shut up and listen."
Have you arrived yet?"
"Okay, okay, I understand."
"Okay, find a jar and put the money away first. We will get it when we have time."
...
Caobang, inside the main hall of the Fujian School.
"What, Jiang Housou slipped out of the chief steward's residence? What did he do?" Jiang Batian asked.
The young man in front of him shook his head: "I don't know. Although I can see it, I can't see it clearly. But looking at Jiang Hou's movements, he seems to be carrying something..."
Jiang Batian dragged his chin and said: "Jiang Long, you can find a way to find out. Well, just ask Jiang Hou's mother-in-law. His mother-in-law is a bad talker. If you give me some benefits, she will say anything...
..."
"Yeah, I got it."
...
The next day, Jiang Long successfully extracted the secret from Jiang Houhou's wife, and he quickly reported the secret to Jiang Batian.
When Jiang Batian heard this, he was shocked: "When did I give Jiang Houyue money? Or a big ingot of silver? People like us rarely get big ingots of silver, and all we have is banknotes and officials.
Silver, official silver is impossible. Even if we don’t have any ability, we won’t be in trouble. As for the banknote silver, it’s a little bit? It’s just...Jiang Long, did you hear clearly, what is the official silver?
Silver or banknotes?"
Jiang Long was also unsure: "Brother Batian, I heard her wife say it was a big silver ingot. As for whether it is official silver or banknote silver, I don't know..."
Jiang Batian narrowed his eyes and dragged his chin and said: "Jiang Houhou came out of the general manager's office. Could it be that Ma San wanted to bribe Jiang Houhou? It's not good for me? Oh, by the way, what is Huang Tianhu doing recently?"
Jiang Long said: "Huang Tianhu went out with a load of things two days ago and is not in Caogang. His brother is taking care of it these days."
"Okay, then you can find a way to go to Henan Pai and ask around to see if they have any big silver ingots there..."